Trees & Plants

Curry leaf tree

Hikandhi gas, Hikandhi faiy

Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.

Widely planted in home gardens Widely used for culinary and flavouring purposes. The root, bark and leaves are bitter, acrid, cooling, demulcent, febrifuge, stomachic, carminative, anodyne, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and tonic. They are also used to treat hyperdipsia, burning

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uses: Widely used for culinary and flavouring purposes. The root, bark and leaves are bitter, acrid, cooling, demulcent, febrifuge, stomachic, carminative, anodyne, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and tonic. They are also used to treat hyperdipsia, burning sensation, skin diseases, anorexia, helminthiasis, dyspepsia, flatulence and colic. A decoction of leaves and petiole is given against rheumatism, leprosy, piles, diarrhea and fever.
family: Rutaceae
synonym: Bergera koenigii L., Chalcas koenigii (L.) Kurz
description: Shrubs or small trees. Leaves pinnate, crowded at apex of branchlets; Th leaflets 15-25, asymmetrical, oblique, 1.5- × 4 0.8-2 cm, oblong-lanceolate, apex acute, margin entire. Panicles terminal, corymbose, many-flowered. Flowers small, white; pedicels ca. 3 mm long. Sepals × × ca. 1 1 mm. Petals 5, white, 6-8 1.5 mm, linear, sparsely glandular, rounded and slightly recurved at apex. Stamens 10, 5 longer than the others. Ovary globose; stigma capitate. Berry 8-11 mm across, subglobose, purplish-black when ripe; seeds 1-2, green, globular-ovoid.
native range: India and Sri Lanka
distribution: Indo-Malaysia and China
english names: Curry leaf tree · Curry bush
flowering fruiting: March – July
occurrence maldives: Widely planted in home gardens